Welcome to this edition of DINOSAURNEWS - the international Dinosaur Webzine with bite! This Week's Headlines: (For the FULL STORY visit the NEWS section of the webzine at this address: http://www.dinosaurnews.org ) ** Canadian jailed in China for smuggling fossils A Canadian academic was sentenced to seven years in a Chinese jail Thursday after being found guilty of heading a smuggling operation trafficking nearly 3,000 dinosaur fossils within China and abroad ** Ancient dinosaur tracks now under cover in Dixie Three types of theropod dinosaur tracks from meat-eating dinosaurs have been identified - the Eubrontes, Grallator and Gigandipus ** Mongolia looks to archaeologists and dinosaur hunters to help create jobs Archaeologists and dinosaur hunters are digging up Mongolia's vast countryside, seeking to retrace thousands of years of history in this storied but still mysterious land ** Spend the day with dinosaurs In the Great Room, the museum's centerpiece, visitors can view a 110-foot long mural depicting "The Age of Reptiles" and a number of dinosaur skeletons including the only skeleton officially labeled a Brontosaurus ______________________________________________________________ FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO DINOSAURNEWS - Join one of the World's largest dinomail lists. Simply send an email to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________ ** Deaf As A Dinosaur If tyrannosaurus rex were still alive, it would not be able to hear a human screaming, new research has found ** Not Dinos But: Meet paleoclimatologist Jane Francis Francis has fossils from Antarctica which show that, even after the continent drifted to its current polar position, it used to boast a lush, green sub-tropical forest ** A Real Find For Fossils Rarely a day passes that they do not find the teeth, bones or other remains of a dinosaur or other prehistoric animal or plant at Project Dino, their excavation site on the banks of Lake Barreales ** Dinosaur mystery solved She wasn't a rare Nanotyrannus, as some scientists had suspected since the first of her bones were unearthed by museum staff and volunteers in Montana in 2001 ** Coming Event at the Natural History Museum, London Dino Jaws, 30 June 2006 - 15 April 200 DINOSAURNEWS webzine now read in 80 countries. Hundreds of Dinosaur Books, The latest Dinosaur News, Dinosaur Games, Dinolinks and a Dinomall. Read something ferocious this week: http://www.dinosaurnews.org SEND US YOUR NEWS: Does your Museum have a dinosaur focus? Put us on your media database. We welcome your news of events, discoveries and exhibitions ______________________________________________________________________ GET YOUR LOCAL MUSEUM TO ADD our RSS news feed to their web site, at this address: http://www4.wave.co.nz/~jollyroger/dino2004/dinosaur.xml ______________________________________________________________________ What our readers say: I must say first that I subscribe to your E-mail news letters and read them voraciously for book ideas. The news blurbs are such a wonderful service to us dino fanciers! Christine Gentry - author of 'Mesozoic Murder 'and 'Carnosaur Crimes' Thank you for an interesting, useful site. I recommend it to teachers who continue to contact me after 6 years of retirement. I also volunteer at the local science museum and recommend your site to the many children who visit it. Marvin Selnes, Sioux Falls, SD Thank You for the excellent coverage you've given my ongoing research. Best regards, Marilyn D. Wegweiser, Ph.D., Affiliate Faculty, Idaho Museum of Natural History ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).